To all DUers in central Iowa, please stay safe!

[catbyte]

Reports of much damage and several casualties already in Lucas and Jasper counties and tornadoes are still on the ground.

https://who13.com/news/tornado-watch-until-8-pm/

[Leghorn21]

1. Oh no, lay low, Iowa!

[SharonClark]

2. "Several casualties"?

Where are you getting that information because it’s not being reported locally and there are rarely casualties in Iowa.

But thanks for your concern.

[catbyte]

3. It was the South Central Iowa EMS Services radio so they must've been wrong. Sorry.

[catbyte]

5. I guess they were right and it hadn't hit the news yet, It's awful.

7 dead, including 2 children, as major tornado hits Iowa

[mnhtnbb]

6. Winterset is the largest town of Madison County,

the location of the Clint Eastwood/Meryl Streep movie, The Bridges of Madison County.

I hope none of the historic bridges were destroyed.

What a tragedy for the families.

[SharonClark]

7. You were correct and it was official by the 10pm news.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/

[catbyte]

8. It's one time that I really wish I was wrong.

But I felt confident posting because the YouTube live weather channel I was watching was listening to Police/EMS radio dispatches and I heard them myself. It sounded bad. So terrible. I never used to hear about killer tornadoes occurring this time of year, like the December 10 tornadoes in Kentucky and now this. Things are changing.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Seems like any more tornado season is Jan thru Dec...nt